curium

cu·ri·um

(kyo͝or′ē-əm)

n. Symbol Cm

A silvery metallic synthetic radioactive transuranic element, having isotopes with mass numbers ranging from 233 to 252. The most stable isotope (Cm-247) has a half-life of 15.6 million years. Atomic number 96; melting point 1,345°C; specific gravity (calculated) 13.51; valence 3, 4. See Periodic Table.

cu•ri•um

cu·ri·um

(kyo͝or′ē-əm)

Symbol Cm A synthetic, silvery-white, radioactive metallic element of the actinide series that is produced artificially from plutonium or americium. Curium isotopes are used to provide electricity for satellites and space probes. Its most stable isotope has a half-life of 16.4 million years. Atomic number 96. See Periodic Table.

European Commissioners are flying to Cyprus on July 5 by a charter flight on a two-day visit, which will start with the opening ceremony of Cyprus's presidency of the Council of Ministers at the open-air amphi-theatre of Kourion, or Curium.

Zelaya, the Fourth Circuit affirmed the admissibility of the anonymous testimony, but the court's opinion is both per curium and unpublished, rendering the ruling nonbinding in the Fourth Circuit and considerably less persuasive in other circuits.

The per curium opinion of the Supreme Court, in which four members joined, held that the Gorka proposal for settlement was defective based on Lamb because it did not allow each offeree to independently evaluate and accept the proposal.

In a per curium opinion, the panel said the district court erroneously concluded that the plaintiffs failed to prove Flowserve's restatement of earnings resulted in losses for the investors and applied an incorrect standard of proof for loss causation.

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